Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 30, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 59 237
Bald Eagle 4 68 143
Northern Harrier 2 35 71
Sharp-shinned Hawk 19 641 1277
Cooper's Hawk 1 97 174
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 17 37 44
Broad-winged Hawk 0 62 37519
Red-tailed Hawk 45 146 180
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 77 117
Merlin 0 6 19
Peregrine Falcon 0 15 26
Unknown Accipiter 0 9 11
Unknown Buteo 0 9 9
Unknown Falcon 0 1 4
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 2 10 21
Total: 90 1273 39853
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Duane Schilling, Matt Orsie, The Littles, Todd Day
Visitors:
Dick Barder, Edward Payne.
Weather:
Once again, too beautiful of a day. The wind was WNW when we got there but
it slid off. Almost no clouds and the new snow cover was blinding. Made all
of the hawks shine a bit brighter than usual.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
Robins were on the move in good numbers along with other songbirds in bad
numbers. One group of about 15 Double-crested Cormorants was the waterbird
show.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
